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Dr. John Eccles

Consultant Gastroenterologist

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Consultation Fees

Initial Face-To-Face Consultation

£175

Follow Up Consultation

£140

Additional Fees

Administration Fee - Kingsbridge Belfast & North West

A £35.00 admin fee is charged in addition to the Consultation Fee

Accepted Insurers

  • Aviva
  • AXA
  • Bupa
  • H3
  • Vitality
  • WPA

Our Locations

We see patients across the Kingsbridge sites, all with high standards of care.

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Services I Offer

Endoscopy

Colonoscopy

Endoscopy

Endoscopy

Gastroenterology

Gastroenterology

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Dr Eccles’ Profile

Dr Eccles is a Consultant Gastroenterologist, normally based at Ulster Hospital, South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust. He completed his consultant specialist training within Northern Ireland, followed by a one-year Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy with University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton, Canada.

His main specialist areas include therapeutic endoscopy, particularly endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography (ERCP), balloon-assisted enteroscopy and luminal stenting, inflammatory bowel disease, and functional gut disorders (including IBS).

Current NHS Posts

Consultant Gastroenterologist – Ulster Hospital SEHSCT

Qualifications

  • MB BCh BAO (Distinction in Final MB) – Queens University Belfast 2008
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Clinical Education (Distinction) – Queens University Belfast 2017

Additional Training

  • Clinical Fellowship in Advanced Therapeutic Endoscopy
  • University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada – July 2017-2018

Professional bodies (Positions held in last 3 years)

  • Member/Fellow of Royal College of Physicians (Edinburgh) – 2011-present

Publications

  • Long term follow-up in patients with gastric antral vascular ectasia (GAVE) after treatment with endoscopic band ligation (EBL).

  • Eccles JK, Falk V, Montano-Loza A, Zepeda-Gomez S. Endosc Int Open. 2019 Dec; 07: E1624–1629.

  • Review: Endoscopic management of Crohn’s disease strictures. OBM Hepatology and Gastroenterology 2019; 3(1)

  • Reed O, Allen PB, Caddy G, Eccles JK, Tham TCK.

  • Pancreatic pseudocyst-portal vein fistula with refractory hepatic pseudocyst: Two cases treated with EUS cyst-gastrostomy and review of the literature. Endosc Int Open. 2019 Jan; 7(1): E83–E86.

  • Eccles JK, Wiebe E, Sandha GS et al.

  • Single-operator cholangioscopy for diagnosis of cholangioadenoma (bile duct adenoma) and its potential impact on surgical management. Endosc Int Open. 2018 Nov; 6(11): E1312–E1316.

  • Eccles JK, Thiesen A, Sandha GS.

  • Evaluation of indeterminate biliary strictures. Avances y estado actual del manejo de patologia hepatopancreatobiliar. Permanyer Mexico 2018

  • Eccles JK, Falk V, Zepeda-Gomez S.

  • Intragastric balloon removal: Puncture, dilate, deflate. Journal of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, Mar 2018. Vol 1(2) 449–450

  • Falk V, Eccles JK, Karmali S, Sultanian R.

  • “Endoscopic Mucosal Resection of an Oesophageal Carcinoid Tumour” BMJ Case Rep 2013

  • Eccles JK, McManus DT, Mainie I.

Treatments and areas of interest

  • Oesophagogastroduodenoscopy
  • Colonoscopy
  • Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
  • Double balloon enteroscopy
  • Luminal stenting
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Coeliac disease
  • Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease/Barrett’s oesophagus
  • Dyspepsia
  • Gastroenterology
  • Endoscopy

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